I bought a scope direct from Stellarvue and it was a pretty seamless process, the freight mob they used (I cant honestly recall which it was) arranged things via customs and all I had to do was pay up for the GST when requested and it was duly released.
I would have been in the same boat with warranty but I knew that going in to the purchase, I would have one of the few of these in Australia so if it needed repair the only option would really be to send it off and wait. It was a close run thing between that and something locally available when it came time to buy, the main reason to hesitate being local support.
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